Postgraduate training in sustainability: a unique opportunity for working professionals
21 March 2016
Dr Kayla Friedman, Programme Manager at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, describes the benefits of the range of accredited postgraduate courses on offer in sustainable business and sustainable value chains.
The power of storytelling for business engagement on sustainability
20 January 2016
Former SustainAbility Director Zoë Arden was a Master’s student at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership from 2012–2014. In this blog, she explains how the Master’s programme helped her embrace her communications credentials and appreciate the power of storytelling.
Leveraging the Master’s experience and the Cambridge network in the academic world
5 January 2016
David Disi was a Master’s student at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership from 2012–2014. In this blog, he reflects on his experience in Cambridge and how learning about sustainability influenced his career path. David is currently an executive doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Corporate Leaders Group asks finance ministers to support a robust climate agreement
2 November 2015
Corporate Leaders Group asks finance ministers to support a robust climate agreement Eliot Whittington, Deputy Director, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group 2 November 2015 We now have just one month to go before tens of thousands of people descend on Paris for COP21 – the 21st Conference...
Fostering sustainability leadership for over a quarter of a century
16 October 2015
Fostering sustainability leadership for over a quarter of a century Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 21 October 2015 Dame Polly Courtice DBE, LVO, was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (1989–2021)...
Why business innovation will help build a new climate economy
12 October 2015
Why business innovation will help build a new climate economy Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 17 November 2015 Dame Polly Courtice DBE, LVO, was Founder Director of the University of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (1989–2021). She...
Leadership for sustainability: Where is the hope?
15 September 2015
September 2015 – As another academic year commences, Dr Louise Drake, Deputy Course Director for the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership, reflects on the challenges and rewards of learning to be a sustainability leader.
Supporting China with a more human-centred and environmental approach to urbanisation
15 September 2015
Supporting China with a more human-centred and environmental approach to urbanisation By Lucy Bruzzone, Programme Manager, Executive Education 19 November 2015 In June, we welcomed 25 senior officials from the Chinese province of Guangdong for a bespoke Sustainability Leadership Training Programme...
Are we teaching MBAs what they need to know?
26 May 2015
Are we teaching MBAs what they need to know? Catherine Tilley 27 May 2015 Despite some recent criticisms, the MBA is still seen as a highly influential management qualification. In the US alone, over 100,000 new MBA students graduate every year. Graduates from the top schools do go on to be...
Enlightened business: 20 years of The Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme
29 April 2015
Enlightened business: 20 years of The Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme As seminars for The Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme (BSP) get under way this week, we look back on an interview with Aris Vrettos, Director of Open Programmes, first published in...